Rick Nielsen

Rick Nielsen

Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Frankly Slots podcast, a podcast all about slot machines hosted by Frank Legato, editor-in-chief of Global Gaming Business magazine and a longtime expert on slot machines, their history and their operations. The podcast today features Rick Nielsen, the legendary guitarist of Hall of Fame rock band Cheap Trick, and  Geno Iafrate, president of the Hard Rock casino in Rockford, Illinois, talking about "Rick Neilsen's Five Neck Fortune," a custom slot machine theme featuring Neilsen, a Rockford native, and his famous five-neck guitar, found only at the Hard Rock.